Payroll & Accounting Specialist – Payroll Processing & Reconciliation (Ongoing)
Overview
We're looking for an experienced payroll/accounting professional to run our recurring payroll process and independently verify its accuracy. This is a detail-oriented, ongoing engagement for someone who is comfortable working with payroll systems and confident building parallel calculations from scratch in Excel.
Responsibilities
- Process payroll on our system for each pay cycle, following our established process and inputs
- Independently calculate payroll for the same cycle from scratch in Excel — gross pay, deductions, taxes, and net pay — using source data provided
- Reconcile the system output against your manual calculation line by line
- Identify, investigate, and resolve any discrepancies before payroll is finalized
- Flag unusual variances, edge cases, or recurring error patterns
- Maintain clear, organized documentation of each cycle's reconciliation
- Ensure payroll runs are accurate and signed off on every cycle — 100% match is the standard
Requirements
- Solid hands-on experience running payroll (any major payroll platform)
- Strong Excel skills — comfortable building payroll calculations independently (formulas, not just data entry)
- Working knowledge of payroll fundamentals: gross-to-net, tax withholdings, deductions, benefits
- High attention to detail and comfort with repetitive, precision-focused reconciliation work
- Reliable availability aligned to our payroll cycle
- Clear written communication for reporting discrepancies and status